IDT Announces Data Compression IP Offering Industry's Highest Performance for 3G, 4G Wireless Infrastructure Applications

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT^®)

, the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced data compression intellectual property (IP) that offers the industry's highest performance in 3G and 4G wireless infrastructure applications. IDT's patent-protected baseband data compression IP reduces system cost by enabling the use of low cost fiber optic cabling to connect the remote radio unit (RRU) to the baseband unit (BBU). In an industry where performance and cost demands pull strongly in opposite directions, wireless communication equipment manufacturers are looking for solutions to pass increasing amounts of data over inexpensive, low-speed fiber optic cable links (up to 2.5 Gbps). IDT's data compression IP solves this dilemma by offering compression ratios from 2:1 to 4:1, enabling customers to utilize low-cost cabling by reliably compressing data while keeping overall signal quality within required wireless parameters. IDT's compression IP is the only IP in the industry achieving 3:1 compression at the error vector magnitude (EVM) percentage required in 4G systems at full Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) line rates. The data compression IP is available as an FPGA or ASIC instantiation suitable to support GSM, WCDMA, and LTE systems.